senator mccain. >> i do for the test of man and this. i'm going to jump right i would like to say word about the sequester, iraq, and syria. a lot of discussion about sequester. what senator session said earlier. a horrible idea. i do have the ability of not having been around when it was put in place, so it makes me free critic i -- criticized. the cuts for defense, that was foolish. one a of the budget nondefense discretionary, take verse 50% --ause was foolish areas 50% of the cuts was foolish. the majority of the body that wanted to turn off sequester and do it a different way. in this instance, late february, filibuster was invoked by the minority. we needed more than 50 votes. that is n automatic. there was a sufficient vote in this body to turn off sequester it is having a very significant and negative affect. especially, i do think that senator mccain's suggestion was extremely helpful. if there is to be any chance of this congress, the senate considering an alternative to sequester, the sooner the better, the more people have an